Karasuma Oike Station
# Karasuma Oike Station

Karasuma Oike Station (烏丸御池駅, Karasuma Oike-eki, formerly named Oike Station (御池駅, Oike-eki) until May 21, 1997) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tōzai Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

## Lines

* Kyoto Municipal Subway
   * Karasuma Line (Station Number: K08)
   * Tōzai Line (Station Number: T13)

## Layout

The station is the transferring station operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau under Karasuma Oike Intersection on Karasuma Street and Oike Street. The two side platforms with two tracks for the Karasuma Line are located under the ticket gate floor, and the island platform with two tracks for the Tōzai Line is located under the Karasuma Line.

### Karasuma Line

| 1 | ■ Karasuma Line | for Kyōto, Takeda and Kintetsu Kyoto Line (Shin-Tanabe, Nara) |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ Karasuma Line | for Imadegawa, Kitaōji and Kokusaikaikan |

### Tōzai Line

| 1 | ■ Tōzai Line | for Nijō and Uzumasa Tenjingawa |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ Tōzai Line | for Misasagi, Rokujizō and (Keihan Railway Keishin Line) Hamaōtsu |

## Surroundings

* Ace Hotel Kyoto
* Adachi Hospital
* Hello Work Plaza Karasuma Oike
* Karasuma Oike Intersection
* Kyoto International Manga Museum
* The Museum of Kyoto
* Nakagyo-ku Post Office
* NHK Kyoto Broadcast Station
* Nichicon Corporation
* ShinPuhKan mall

## History

* May 29, 1981 - Oike Station was opened on the same day as the opening of the Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line from Kitaoji to Kyoto.
* August 28, 1988 - Through service to and from the Kintetsu Kyoto Line started.
* May 22, 1997 - Oike Station was renamed Karasuma-Oike Station to prepare to connect to the Tozai Line from Daigo to Nijo.
* October 12, 1997 - The Tozai Line was opened.
* April 1, 2007 - PiTaPa service started.
* January 16, 2008 - Through service to and from the Keihan Railway Keishin Line started on the same day as the extension of the Tozai Line from Nijo to Uzumasa Tenjingawa.
* May 16, 2011 - Underground shopping area Kotochika Oike opened.
